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Showing 25212530 of 21190 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 14 December 2004

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6371-8

…employees of the territorial public service under the conditions set out in article 110 of law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 relating to local freedoms and responsibilities. They are then employed b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-5

…for a national trade mark in the cases provided for in Article 139 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017. In these cases, the national trade mark application must, on pain of rejection, comply…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L775-36

…erators authorised on the basis of Article 21 of Law2010-476 of 12 May 2010 . Order 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 561-2-1 Order 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 561-2-2 Order 2016-1635 of 1 December…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…mentioned in Article L. 2352-1 of the same Code; 2° Goods covered by articles 2 and 3 of Act no. 92-1477 of 31 December 1992 relating to products subject to certain movement restrictions and to comple…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-2

…f the provisions of 1 of Article L. 611-1 and without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 233-14 of the Commercial Code, the public prosecutor, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résoluti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-49

By way of derogation from article L. 2312-14, an employer who launches a public takeover bid for the capital of a company is not required to consult the social and economic committee prior to such lau…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-104

…eir activity before 1 January 2018, by taking into account the period between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2019;2° For persons who began their activity in 2018, by taking into account the period bet…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Corsica - DOM

Article 575 E bis

…or the same products, set in accordance with the table below: Product group From 1 March 2023 to 31 December 2023 From 1 January 2024 31 December 2024 From 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 Cigarette…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 ter

…ly with the obligations laid down in Articles 28 to 30 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 13 to 20 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 Decemb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transactions carried out on youth savings accounts and remuneration.

Article R221-94

At 31 December each year, the interest earned is added to the capital and itself becomes interest-bearing.

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